Johnson v. Yousoofian

Elmer Johnson and Robert Lenhart argue that the trial court erred in holding that their landlord, M. P. Yousoofian, had no implied duty to act in good faith under a lease provision that prohibited assignment without the landlord’s consent. They also claim that the trial court erred in holding that they failed to prove tortious interference with a business expectancy, because without Yousoofian’s consent to the lease assignment, a prospective sale of the lessees’ business failed to close. We affirm.

FACTS

Johnson and Lenhart own and operate a business known as Little Deli Mart, which includes a…